The Apple watch is here, is the game ready?

At the end of 2014, I noticed a very interesting thing-many channel vendors have released mobile game handles. The intense competition of mobile games makes it hard for manufacturers to rack their brains on traditional items such as play, graphics (and, of course, pay), and attempts to enhance the player's mobile experience have not stopped, and the hardware experience is the most obvious.

Look at the list in the App Store bestseller list, it's hard to find TOP50 apps in the game, TOP10 is the only battleground you've earned from Tencent and other game giants. So let's think about the bestseller list in the App Store (if there's a list), the top of the game should be the big probability event.

I have no doubt that domestic gamers have noticed and prepared a development plan for Apple Watch, but I doubt whether the game products it has developed can be accepted by a wide range of users.

March 9 (Beijing time March 10 1 o'clock in the morning), Apple will hold a special press conference in the grass of San Francisco. Apple's watch, which has been the subject of much attention, will come as promised, including sales prices and specific time-to-market. For the most important hardware equipment in the early 2015, the scientific and technological community continued to keep track of exposure. But to my surprise, the gaming industry does not seem to be paying much attention to the hardware, and the game media is still keen to focus on the new products that have rushed to the top of the pay list, the free list and the top sellers, but has not seen a specific analysis of Apple Watch's potential impact on the gaming industry, Then I'll do it.

Apple Watch

How big is the screen size of ① and Apple watch?

Synthesis of current information on various channels, APPLE watch watch details: 38 mm and 42 mm case; 316L stainless steel; sapphire crystal; Retina display; Table body materials are: stainless steel, silver aluminum, 18K gold, Space black stainless steel, space ash, aluminum alloy, 18K rose gold. The strap has 6 choices, namely: steel belt, sports rubber strap, leather bracelet, classic buckle strap, fashion buckle strap, Milan woven mesh steel belt. A total of three versions are: Apple Watch; Apple Watch Sport; Apple Watch Edition. Retina display, size two dimensions and resolution: the smaller 38 mm is 272x340, the larger 42 mm is 312x390, and the aspect ratio is 5:4.

And to play the game, only in such a small area of the simple operation, and the game button is 2 or 4. In terms of resolution, compared with Apple's iphone and Apple's ipad, there is nothing like it. And the low resolution, it is doomed to the game's screen and the characters will be very unsatisfactory.

②, Apple Watch is not strong?

Apple wants the average daily use of Apple Watch to reach 19 hours, including standby and 2.5-hour heavy use. For now, the Apple watch lasts about a day and needs to recharge at night. It is understood that Apple will add "power-saving mode" to Apple Watch to ease the impact of this smart watch on the user. At present, Apple Watch's endurance is one of its biggest "soft rib", and users will also adapt to a "watch" charging every day. Apple Watch, as it stands, is certainly not suitable for medium-heavy games (which we understand as medium-heavy games) and long game operations, because that will greatly shorten the life of Apple Watch itself. In order to have a long or moderate degree of game operation, we must adjust our thinking.

While EA first proposed the game idea of using Apple Watch as a second screen, some of EA's ideas are that users can use the Apple Watch fitness component to unlock some of the features in the game that the iphone screen shows. Alternatively, the player can perform some game operations via Apple Watch and link the information to a tablet device, and then look at the progress of the game in the tablet device after returning home. Our domestic developers can also make bold assumptions to watch the potential of the games in Apple's game as quickly as possible.

③, Apple watch for games or apps?

Apple Watch is the most intelligent watch, the application features are very rich, and fitness tracking will be Apple Watch most important function. On the game side, the Apple Watch is now clearly not the right condition for too many game operations. The future direction of the game or will be the Apple Wtach as a second screen interface with the mobile phone or paid connected, so the scope of operation will be very large. But I believe that in today's society, as long as there are ideas there is nothing can not be achieved. Apple Watch the current situation, do the application is far greater than doing games, but after the continuous research of various game companies, what to do next depends on the user's preference. Like today's smartphones, for heavy-play players, playing games is much more than calling.

④, Apple Watch users are not many?

Although Apple Watch has not yet been released, the user community that wants to own Apple Watch is really huge. According to a new report by market research firm Strategy Analytics, Apple Watch will dominate the smart watch market, with shipments expected to reach 15.4 million this year, accounting for 54.8% of the global market for smart watches. Later, Apple Watch will be synonymous with fashion, trends and technology. But how much is the real gamer user?

⑤, who was the first watch game in Apple?

Only 38 mm and 42 mm display size, 0.5G of RAM, want to play the game on top really consider the wisdom of developers. According to media reports, based on Apple Watch advanced design, most people may feel that the first Apple Watch game should be very sci-fi.

Intelligent Helper Games:

According to Apple Watch's own health function, can be based on this game development. Apple Watch's first game is a game that assists Apple Watch users to break their wrists, called "Iarm wrestle aesthetising". The game is to allow the watch wearer to wrestle with another person, and the watch's "accelerometer" detects how far the arm is tilted and who will eventually win the game. Players can also take pictures of the game and record voice clips. But because it's just an auxiliary user's game, users react flat.

Type games:

The word class game doesn't need a lot of screen and memory, and I think the current Apple Watch is perfect for text-type games. And some developers are also trying. Nimblebit, a game developer who has developed "extreme golf", claims that they are making a game called "Letterpad" for Apple Watch. "Letterpad" is a word game, the game screen will appear 9 letters, players to form a number of related topics from the word. From the current release of the screenshot can be seen, this does not need to cool the screen and play the word game is very suitable for the Apple Watch playing, simple and easy to operate, but also well adapted to the screen is not too big.

Chess game:

Chess games have now been popular with gamers, and the development of some small types of chess games in Apple Watch will also be very popular.

Puzzle Games:

"Greedy snake" once for the Nokia 3310 of the big sales. Believe that this model of the game can give developers some good inspiration.

Body Sense Games:

Actually, Apple Watch reminds me of the piece of control watch that Jackie Chan brought in the movie "Swallow Tail", which is powerful and omnipotent. I think Apple Watch and body sense games will be a great combination. Open the button or connect with a host, you can start the game.

To shake:

Spring Festival "Shake" Rob red envelopes, do not know how many mobile phones shook, if the Apple Watch on the shaking, do not know what to shake out?